Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-07
BOARD OF PUBLIC wORks

The Boulevard Sewer-CIty Engineer | Hill and SyIvanus Butler Heard- l Reflection on the Board by the | Board of AIdermen-Other Matters. 1 Alonzo B. Hall, the druggist, appeared be. fore the board of public works last night and wanted that body to pass an order requiring that large willow tree which stood in front of his residence at 92 Dwight street be cut | down. He said he had already been under l the necessity of paying $75 for the repairing of his sewer, which would otherwise not have had to be done had the tree not been there. On motion the matter was referred to the park
 commissioner. Judge Sheldon appeared be-
 fore the board in reference to a new street
 from Dixwell avenue westward.
 The bills of Caroline Hampstead for $100,
 A. D. Goodyear for $1, 125 and the estate of
 Michael Curran for $1 ,575 were not approved,
 but were ordered back to the Common Coun-
 cil for instructions as to what the board should do in the matter, as there had been no appropriation and the board had no mon- ey to pay them. The claims had been pre- sented and the board of compensation had assessed the amount of damages. MT. Good years claim was for damages accruing to his
 property from the change of grade in Lam-
 
 that of the estate of Michael Curran were for damages arising from the change of grade in
 Meadow street.
 The attention of the board was called to the
 boulevard sewer question. Engineer Sylva- nus Butler was heard on the subject and said
 that to him this sewer is a very important
 matter now; it should be pushed forward as
 rapidly as possible. The engineer has seen
 fit to follow the line of this sewer across the
 meadows. By this it would require a good
 deal of filling in of the meadows in order
 that the health of the people shall not be
 impaired. I have drawn plan different
 from the city engineers. I propose to make
 an angle some little distance below the Con-
 gress avenue bridge and run it along on the
 upland. It is 8 fact that you cannot bank
 up the pipes if placed on the marsh
 land without throwing them out of place.
 My plan of laying the sewer will save largely
 in the expense of construction. It will save
 the removal and rebuilding of the bridge at
 Milford turnpike. By my plan you can dis
 pense with 2, 800 feet of pipe, which will be
 saving of $22,0 ,000 if it is laid through the upland and not across the meadows Again, it is quite evident that the dirt must be brought and the cost would be considerable should the sewer be laid across the mead ows. If you build it my way you will have to cart no dirt at all. MT. Butler said that in strengthening West river the taking out of a portion of Milford turnpike, as City Engineer Hill had suggested, he ! did not approve of. He thought that instead of taking out half at one time l and the other half at some other time, the whole section should be taken out at once He thought if but one-half was taken out and the mud placed on the bank, the bed would l sink so that much trouble would accrue when work on the other would be commenc-
 ed some time after, which would be obtiat- ed if the whole was taken out at the same time.
 City Engineer Hill in reply said that he had made out two plans in the first place. One was across the highland, the other was across the meadows. Both had been thoroughly looked over, estimates made and he had found that the sewer could be built much cheaper across the meadows. On the highland the sewer could not be built so uniform and it would be better to build it piles, which it would be if it went across the meadows. Furthermore the land damages will not be so much. The angle MT. Butler speaks about would cost good deal, as the street would have to be moved along. My way of building the sewer could be carried out at saving of 15,000 as com pared with MT. Buffers.
 An adjournment was taken for two weeks when the engineers will be heard further.